CAM Hosts New Music, New Works

Allyson — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:54:05 GMT

Inspired by the Great Rivers Biennial 2012 exhibition, CAM, in collaboration with the Mizzou New Music Initiative, is pleased to present New Music, New Works at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 19. This event is free and open to the public. The event will feature the world premiere of original compositions by University of Missouri students Grant Fonda, Joe Hills, and Joseph Weidinger, each of whom has created a new piece that attempts to capture the aural essence of one of the three Great Rivers Biennial artists’ projects. The Mizzou New Music Ensemble, directed by University of Missouri associate professor Stefan Freund, will perform all three compositions, along with Ad Parnassum, a piece by 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner...

A Resounding Success for the Opening of "In the Still Epiphany"

Guest Blogger — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:35:10 GMT

Philip Forrester is the Assistant to the Senior Curator and to the Community Projects Director at The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts. By Philip Forrester Though installation went down to the wire, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts experienced a resounding success for the opening of In the Still Epiphany. The blustery, rainy weather broke just in time for the press...

CAM Appoints Lisa Melandri As New Director

Maria — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:25:29 GMT

The Board of Directors of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM) today announced the appointment of Lisa Melandri as incoming Director. This decision follows a five-month international search. Melandri, currently the Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs at the

Shane Simmons on the Installation of "In the Still Epiphany"

Guest Blogger — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:31:35 GMT

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/39664475[/vimeo]

David B. Olsen is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of English at Saint Louis University, where he teaches courses in writing and literature. He is a gallery assistant at the Pulitzer and an editor for the website Humor in America.

By David B. Olsen, Gallery Assistant

Within the collective imagination of our culture, one of the stories that we like to hear pretty frequently is about what happens when a familiar space becomes temporarily inaccessible. From the coming alive of everything in Night at the Museum to Charlie Chaplin’s antics as an after-hours watchman in Modern Times, we tend to believe that something special happens at the exact moment that we are...

Call For Artists - 7th Annual City-Wide Open Studios

Allyson — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:59:30 GMT

CAM is pleased to host the 7th Annual City-Wide Open Studios, a week-long event in July dedicated to the discovery of the hidden spaces where local artists work. Eligible artists must maintain working studios in St. Louis City, University City, or Maplewood to participate in the program,...

Lisa Harper Chang Discusses the Power of Transformation in her Blog "Staging Buddha"

Guest Blogger — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:22:03 GMT

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/4312865[/vimeo] Too often, and for too many of us, we tend take for granted the idea that art has a transformative power. We can see in an installation project the transformation of an otherwise inert space, or we can witness everyday materials transformed into new works of wonder and meaning. But as our own Community Projects Director, Lisa Harper Chang, reminds us in her recent blog entry at The Huffington Post, art may also has the power to transform someone's life. Writing about the Staging project that she co-created with our former director Matthias Waschek for the Old Masters exhibition in 2009 -- and which was revived this year for Reflections of the Buddha -- Chang describes the community of former prisoners and...

GOOD Ideas for Cities / Challenge 7

Allyson — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:46:26 GMT

It's finally here; GOOD Ideas for Cities is tonight and CAM's staff couldn't be more excited to see what the 7 creative teams have come up with!

Check out the final challenge to be presented at tonight's presentation:

7. St. Louis is a region with a deep heritage in great community parks. Yet since the economic crisis, funding is scarce and the capacity of the park...

Art is an Expression of What It Means to be Human

Guest Blogger — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:55:23 GMT

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfSjqXxi-x0&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Kristina Van Dyke, director of the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, challenges the notion that appreciating art requires intellectual mediation and hopes that the complicated issues of cultural patrimony will not dissuade museums from exhibiting objects of cultural and artistic significance. Interview by Hold That Thought at Washington University St. Louis...

GOOD Ideas for Cities / Challenges 5 and 6

Allyson — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:49:53 GMT

Check out the next two challenges:

5. One of the most critical challenges facing St. Louis is the low graduation rate for St. Louis City schools. Currently, only 20 to 30% of St. Louis City students graduate from high school. We know that low graduation rates cost taxpayers more, and as a result there is a rise in crime, homelessness, and substance abuse rates in the city. How do we motivate and empower more local high school students to graduate?

Rachelle Morgan, Workshop Inspired by the Lotus Lantern Festival, The Lantern Project was a series of lantern making workshops with actors from...

GOOD Ideas for Cities / Challenges 3 and 4

Allyson — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:10:39 GMT